Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The Creator clears a man's eyes by removing egoism, allowing him to discover good.
In plain terms
When ego is removed, a person can see and find good.
What can you take from it?
Eliminate ego to perceive true goodness.

Where it applies

  • meditative practice
  • personal counseling

Putting it to work

  • practice humility
  • reject self‑centeredness

Questions to consider

  • What methods effectively reduce ego?
  • Can one fully see good without ego?

Another view

Ego is a complex psychological construct; removal may not be simple.

More from Baruch Ashlag

  1. 'A man has been entrusted to receive the Goal of creation by correcting himself. This action is called: 'Which has been created by the Creator to be done.' Thi…

    Permalink to quote #2
  2. 'When one begins to work in order to bestow, and this goes against ones nature, this is called 'toil,' since the body (refers to ones wills and desires) oppose…

    Permalink to quote #4
  3. 'The goal of creation is-to please the creation, i.e. the Creator wants to fill us with the very best. And until a man receives all the very perfect and the ve…

    Permalink to quote #1

Related quotes

  1. I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from recieving love as much as it comes from giving it...God's love will never change us if we d…

    Don MillerDon Miller quote #105
  2. Tout ce qui plait a une raison de plaire, et mepriser les attroupements de ceux qui s'egarent n'est pas le moyen de les ramener ou ils devraient etre.

    Charles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire quote #1
  3. My true religion is Kindness.

    Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama)Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama) quote #1